Lecture Sialkot — Page 2
2 L ECTURE S IALKOT turn of each century as a Reformer, the ignorant peo- ple vehemently opposed him and strongly detested any attempt to correct the errors which had become a part of their habit and custom. Still, God Almighty did not abandon His practice. During the final battle between guidance and misguidance in these latter days, and finding the Muslims in a state of ignorance at the turn of the fourteenth century [Hijrah] and the beginning of the final millennium, God once again remembered His Word and revived the Muslim faith. Other religions were never so revived after the advent of our Holy Prophet sa. Therefore, they all perished and were deprived of spirituality, as a result of which they were infested with a host of malpractices; just as a piece of cloth which remains unwashed keeps gath- ering dust. People who were deprived of spirituality and were not free from the filth of the desire of their baser selves interfered with those religions in accor- dance with their selfish motives, and distorted them out of all recognition. For an example let us take the case of Christianity whose principles were so pure and undefiled in the beginning. Although the teaching preached by the Messiah as was not so perfect as the teaching of the Holy Quran, because the time for a perfect teaching had not yet arrived, and human capa- bilities were not mature enough at the time, still, in the context of the prevailing conditions, it was the